Ickes Presses East to Give Up Pleasure Trips
Secretary Ickes warned that eastern residents may be asked to forego pleasure travel by auto on weekdays and Sundays as war demands strain power. The OPS urged civilian curtailment in important areas to conserve energy for aluminum and magnesium for aircraft and lend-lease programs. Congress moved to ease oil supply by authorizing Texas Louisiana pipelines to the East.
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Washington
Ickes
Defense Petroleum
Seaboard
Office of Production Management
Officers Favor Live Ammunition in Mock War Training
At Hunter Liggett California officers privately discussed using a small amount of live ammunition in training to make war games more realistic. They claimed even a tiny chance of a real bullet could force troops to act cautiously and learn from the experience, with minimal risk of casualties.
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Hunter Liggett
Cal
Iit
Midwest assembly weighs defense barriers and trade rules
More than 150 representatives from ten midwestern states attended the opening session of a two day meeting of the Midwest Interstate Assembly of the Council of State Governments. The group discussed defense activities, interstate trade barriers, dairy inspection standards, and state federal cooperation.
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Chicago
Midwest Interstate Assembly
Council of State Governments
Frankne
Uncil
National Defense Council
Defense Councils
Deaths Over the Nation AP obituary summaries
Raffaello Soria of New York aged 74, longtime banker and patron of Pietro Mascagni. Charles R. Ted of Cambridge aged 67, guardian and instructor of Harvard students. Dr William Muir of Ohio aged 57, Congregationalist author of Christmas Traditions. George Crownhart of Cleveland, executive secretary of the Wisconsin State Medical Society and former newspaper man.
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New York
Raffaelo Soria
Rome
Italy
Pietro Mascagni
Cambridge
Mass
Charles R. Ted
Guardian
Harvard
Lyria
William Muir
George Crownhart
Wisfsin State Medical Society
Kingsport Tennessee State Guard unit drill picture
Volunteers of Kingsport Tennessee State Guard drill at a session. Capt W J Donnelly commander is shown instructing a recruit on the manual of arms. Uniforms and arms have arrived, making the company one of the first in the state fully equipped.
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West Point
Kingsport
Tennessee State Guard
W. J. Donnelly
Pioneer Auto Designer Louis Chevrolet Dies
Detroit and automobile history lose Louis Chevrolet pioneer designer of cars and racer. Born December 25, 1878 in Switzerland he set a 52.8 second one mile world record at Sheepshead Bay in 1905. He co built the first Chevrolet in 1911 and 1912 races won at Indianapolis. Burial will be in Indianapolis next Tuesday.
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Detroit
Louis Chevrolet
Chevrolet
Switzerland
Sheepshead Bay
New York
Indianapolis Speedway
Gaston
Tommy Milton
Gaston Chevrolet
Los Angeles Speedway
William C. Durant
Chevrolet Company
General Motors Corporation
Stutz Automobile Company
Indianapolis
Tipple Foreman DieS Under Tram In Mine Accident
St. Charles Virginia report: Tom Kirk, fore man at the Blue Gem mine tipple, was fatally injured when a tram car broke loose from a drum cable and struck him. He died soon after at a local hospital. He leaves a wife and four children.
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St. Charles
Tom Kirk
Kirk
12th Draft Call To Include 1 200 Youths for Fort Oglethorpe Induction
The 12th draft call will send 1 200 Tennessee youths to the Fort Oglethorpe induction center in Georgia between June 23 and 28. County quotas announced by selective service officers list numbers for Carter Madison No 1 No 2 Sullivan No 1 No 2 No 3 Washington No 1 No 2 Shelby No 1 No 2 No 3 No 4 No 5 No 6 No 7 No 8 No 9 No 10 No 11 No 12.
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Nashville
Tennessee
Fort Oglethorpe, Ga
Selective Service
Carter
Madison
Sullivan
Washington
Shelby
Consul's Home Pictured As German Social Center
The home of Dr. Herbert Scholz, German consul in Boston, described to the Yankee Division Veterans Association as a tea party venue for society women succumbing to propaganda. Royal K. Hayes, Americanization officer of Lowell, spoke at the convention.
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Manchester
N. H
Herbert Scholz
Boston
Yankee Division Veterans’ Association
Royal K. Hayes
Lowell
Mass
Association
New Rule Aids Warner System Says Georgia Tech Coach
Georgia Tech head coach and Football Rules Committee member Bill Alexander says the new rule allowing a forward handoff to any player behind the scrimmage line will help Warner system users. He notes the change enables double reverses by handing off to a back after a spin and argues it is not greatly different from the current double reverse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
W. A
Bill) Alexander
Georgia Tech
Football Rules Committee
Warner
Alexander
AAA Campaign Targets Parking Meters and Traffic Plans
The American Automobile Association calls most meters illegal and a revenue tool, citing court rulings that meters cannot fund general costs. AAA warns cities divert funds from relief projects and notes planned ground air coordination for flight strips and land acquisition reforms. Fisher Body GM shifts Memphis plant to aircraft parts. North American Aviation KC plant to produce bomber sub assemblies.
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Detroit
American Automobile Association
AAA
Thomas P. Henry
Henry
Association
Fisher Body
General Motors Corporation
Memphis, Tenn
Fisher
Kansas City
North American Aviation, Inc
Pontiac Division
General
Royal Navy Claims Four Nazi Vessels Sunk
The admiralty announced the Royal Navy sunk three supply ships and an armed trawler believed to supply the German battleship Bismarck and other Nazi warships. The Bismarck, sunk May 27 after Hood’s destruction, could range about 15,000 miles, suggesting a long raiding cruise. Sunk details and locations were not disclosed.
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London
Admiralty
Royal Navy
Bismarck
Hood
Iceland
Greenland
Dakar
Motors reorganizes for $5.7 million navy ordnance order
Motors assigns Robert H. Ahlers as general plant manager to oversee all defense work and Buell Starr as defense factory superintendent, following personnel changes to handle the $5.7 million machinery and equipment contract for navy ordnance material.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Motors
Robert H. Ahlers
Buell Starr
Pontiac
Congressman Pickets Peels Potatoes in White House Protest
Washington Representative Patrick of Alabama staged a one man parade in front of the White House to protest the American Peace Mobilization. He peeled Irish potatoes while marching with six Peace Mobilization protesters and carried a sign denouncing appeasers and communists as he argued the majority should express its views.
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Washington
Patrick
D-Ala
White House
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The
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Raffaello Soria
Charles Apted
W. M. Auld
PUY Bee Brand
Pioneer Auto
Tipple
Times’ State News Service
WSF
NEW Soundie
Williamson Heater Company
Williamson
John F. Amon
Beaver Falls
Williamson Triplife
Johnson & Hilliard, Inc
Kingsport, Tenn
Illiamson Triplife Furnace
Mauri Rose
Floyd Davis
Firestone
Liberal
PITOL
Ely
Huddle Electric, Inc
Speedway
Towas
Firestone Convoy Tires
Firestone Auto Supply & Service
East Sullivan
Dey
Garden Grill
Bristol Highway
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